re: Louisiana has more opiod prescriptions than people

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Realistically what can be done to address this?

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Don't ban Kratom.

One of the biggest problems with prescription opiates is that they can be double dosed. Meaning that no matter the tolerance you can double your dose to get a similar effect.

But with Kratom there is a ceiling effect, where if you take more it does not increase the effects. Kratom could be used as a first-line painkiller over opiates after surgery. But if it becomes illegal it will never be able to be studied for legitimacy.

Didn't get one for that as I don't have that problem. I went to a walk-in clinic in Youngsville. Needless to say I've never been back since.

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I went to a walk-in clinic

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Another lie. Urgent cares and walk in clinics aren't legally allowed to prescribe opiates, benzos, adderall, or any controlled substance

Sure you do buddy. They don't write you scripts that say "hydrocodone." Everything you have said in this thread has been easily detectable as lie by anyone who was/is an addict or has been on opiates. Liquid hydrocodone is given only to people who have pneumonia or strep throat or something like that, maybe ear infections but
i have never seen it for that. They would've never given you that though for what you said you went for and your script would not have said hydrocodone on it at all.

A man who can admit when he is wrong is ok with me

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I had surgery a week ago for something that usually requires 6 weeks of pain pills prescribed. Yet, I didn't even need them after the third day. Maybe I'm just lucky though.

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I have had three surgeries in my 26 years. Two sports injuries and appendix. I have "needed" the pain killers for just a few days after each

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Realistically what can be done to address this?

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Primary prevention via practical maintenance of health

Eating properly
Moving properly/avoiding injury
Acknowledging the importance of sleep
Stress management (for overworked, overstimulated folks in a sea of negativity bias on all fronts)


Our society does of poor job of advising folks how to do this properly and practically. Quite frankly, very few people in the populace place any value on all of these themes.

The end result: A society that "drives their body like they stole it" for decades. Said person than expects the "healthcare system" to acutely fix / save them from their chronic issues. There is no quick fix for chronic misuse/neglect of the mind/body. Instead, palliative measures are instituted to manage these "unfixable" folks. Voila, a society managed via pharmaceuticals/narcotics toiling under false aspiration for a cure to their problems or frustrated with the maintanence by chronic medication to "manage their condition" (not surprisingly, for which they have little insight into how they acquired in the first place)

Below are proper/practical recs for the themes I listed above:

LINK

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Yet despite these considerable advances, we’re sicker and fatter than ever before. Consider the following: • Excess weight now accounts for one in three deaths among middle aged people in the US each year. • A billion people around the world suffer from diabetes and obesity. • 600 thousand people die of heart attacks in the US each year. • One-third of Americans suffer from high blood pressure, which contributes to almost 800 thousand strokes every year. • 50 million people in the US—one in six Americans—suffer from autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and Crohn’s disease. • Depression is now the leading cause of disability, affecting more than 120 million people worldwide. Unfortunately, there’s every indication that things are going to get worse before they get better. This is the first generation of American children that are expected to live shorter lifespans than their parents. If current trends continue, 95 percent of Americans are expected to be overweight or obese within two decades, and one in three will suffer from diabetes.

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1. Eat real food. 2. Nourish your body. 3. Think quality, not quantity. 4. Heal your gut. 5. Move like your ancestors. 6. Sleep more deeply. 7. Manage your stress. 8. Supplement wisely. 9. Practice pleasure.

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on't ban Kratom.

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The dea wasn't expecting the backlash of their dirty tactics last week. Redditch Kratom did outstanding job getting lawmakers involves. I don't like the way I feel dependent on painkillers and get relief and pleasure from them in a big gray area so I don't take them. Kratom was a god send for my pain and anxiety. If and when the ban goes through you are pushing people right back into their addiction.
The fact they tried to schedule it on same level as heroin under the radar was infuriating

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sure but as a tolerance arises, the help provided diminishes and i don't most of these heavy painkillers are viable long term solutions for most people.

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Yeah, you are 100% correct on that. But not sure of the solution. Surgeries, holistic healing, therapy, etc, etc, etc all get tried by some folks. When you have no other option, you really have no other option.